Acknowledgments

The National Housing Bank expresses its sincere thanks to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, who initially put forth the idea of constructing this index and asked the Bank to undertake this work. The Bank acknowledges the contribution by the Chairman and Members of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), the member institutions of TAG for their help and guidance in completion of this project. The Bank also acknowledges the contribution of the Members of NHB RESIDEX Advisory Committee and their respective organisations for their help and guidance in updating of NHB RESIDEX. In particular, the Bank is grateful to Reserve Bank of India at all levels who have consistently supported and assisted the Bank. The Board of Directors of the Bank have unfailingly backed and encouraged the project. The Economic Surveys i.e. 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10 and 2010-11 also reported the status of the project from time to time.

The Bank also expresses its sincere thanks to Cent Bank Home Finance Ltd, Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Ltd, Can Fin Homes Ltd, PNB Housing Finance Ltd., HDFC Ltd, ICICI Home Finance Limited, India Bulls Housing Finance Limited, LIC Housing Finance Ltd, GIC Housing Finance Ltd, First Blue Home Finance Ltd., DHFL Vysya Housing Finance Ltd, GRUH Finance Ltd, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd., State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Dena Bank, Syndicate Bank and Bank of India who have provided the required data for updating NHB RESIDEX. The Bank also acknowledges the contribution of Magic Bricks (Times Business Solutions Ltd), who have also provided data for updating the index. The Bank also acknowledges the work done by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) who has assisted in arranging and processing the data for this project.